asha

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Asha is the central Zoroastrian concept of truth, order, and cosmic righteousness that governs both the moral and natural worlds.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Zoroastrian religious concept
cosmic principle
associatedWith Ahura Mazda
centralInText Avesta
Avesta
surface form: Gathas
contrastedWith Druj
coreDoctrineOf Zoroastrian cosmology
Zoroastrian ethics
Avesta
surface form: Zoroastrian law
cosmicDimension cosmic order
harmony of creation
natural law
cosmologicalRole law that sustains creation
structure of the universe
embodiedBy Asha Vahishta
equivalentInMiddlePersian Ard
eschatologicalRole criterion in final judgment
ethicalImperative to act in accordance with Asha
to speak in accordance with Asha
to think in accordance with Asha
governs moral world
natural world
hasMeaning cosmic righteousness
order
righteousness
truth
influenced concepts of divine order in neighboring cultures
later Iranian religious thought
languageForm Avestan language
surface form: Avestan
linkedConcept Ameretat
Haurvatat
Khshathra Vairya
Spenta Armaiti
Vohu Manah
moralDimension justice
right conduct
truthfulness
moralRole standard of right and wrong
opposes chaos
evil
falsehood
rankInAmeshaSpentas second Amesha Spenta
relatedConcept arta
relatedTradition Vedic Hinduism
surface form: Vedic religion
religion Zoroastrianism
valuedAs highest truth
right order

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